Zechariah 10
1 Ask the LORD for rain at the time of the spring rains. The LORD makes the lightning; he will give you abundant rain, and each person grass in the field.
2 For the household gods speak what is worthless, and the diviners see lies. They tell false dreams and offer comfort that is empty. So the people wander like sheep and suffer because there is no shepherd.
3 My anger burns against the shepherds, and I will punish the male goats. For the LORD of Hosts has cared for his flock, the house of Judah, and will make them his prized horse in battle.
4 From them will come the cornerstone, from them the tent peg, from them the battle bow; from them every ruler will come, all of them together.
5 They will be like warriors trampling the mud of the streets in battle. They will fight, because the LORD is with them, and those who ride horses will be put to shame.
6 I will strengthen the house of Judah and save the house of Joseph. I will bring them back, because I have had compassion on them. They will be as though I had never rejected them, for I am the LORD their God, and I will answer them.
7 Ephraim will be like a warrior, and their hearts will rejoice as with wine. Their children will see it and be glad; their hearts will exult in the LORD.
8 I will whistle for them and gather them, because I have redeemed them; they will multiply as they multiplied before.
9 I scattered them among the peoples, but in distant lands they will remember me. They will raise their children and return.
10 I will bring them back from the land of Egypt and gather them from Assyria. I will bring them to the land of Gilead and Lebanon, and there will not be room enough for them.
11 He will pass through the sea of distress and strike its waves; all the depths of the Nile will dry up. The pride of Assyria will be brought down, and Egypt's scepter will be taken away.
12 I will strengthen them in the LORD, and they will walk in his name, declares the LORD.
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